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Did or did hot the Judges of Election, in November, 1866,
demand of you to take the oath prescribed in the Constitution,
Article 1, section 4, before deciding upon your right to vote?

Answer. No, sir : they did not; they would not listen to
me.

JOHN RIDER.

Deposition No. 23.

GEORGE H. GAUER, having been by me duly sworn, deposed
and said as follows, to wit:

By Mr. Spates :

Question. What is your name, age, occupation and resi-
dence; and how long have you lived there?

Answer. My name is George H. Gauer, age 21 years; oc-
cupation, farmer; and I live in election District No. 10, in
Allegany county, Maryland, and I have lived there ever since
I was born.

By Mr. Spates:

Question. Were you registered as a voter prior to the elec-
tion held in Allegany county, November, 6th, 1866?

Answer I was, in September, 1866.

By Mr. Spates :

Question. Did you or not attend at the polls in said elec-
tion District, in Allegany county, on the 6th day of Novem-
ber, 1866, if so, did you then and there offer a ticket to the
Judges of election at said polls as your ballot, and was it re-
ceived or rejected ? state also the name of the person printed
on said ticket, for State Senator, for whom you desired to
vote, and what reason did the said Judges assign for reject-
ing your vote if they did so reject it ?

Answer. I went to the polls on that day in my district, and
offered my ticket to vote to the Judges of Election, and they
refused to take it; the name printed on my ticket for State Sena-
tor which I desired to vote and offered, was Alfred Spates; the
Judges said if I would take the oath over again, I could
vote, and if not, I fonld not vote; I refused to take the oath
then.

Cross-examination by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did you takeany oath before the Judges of Election.
Answer. I did not; I was born in August, and was just
21 when I was registered.

GEORGE H. GAUER.

Deposition No. 24.

DAVID A. GACER, having been by me duly sworn, deposed
and said as follows, to wit:

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